Mentors and Moguls Podcast

In today's episode, New York Times Bestselling Author & Financial Expert, Rachel Cruze joins the show to discuss winning with money. She's the daughter of financial advisor and radio personality, Dave Ramsey, and has a lifetime of knowledge in finance and budgeting. Many people assume if they're not smart enough or good at math, then they won't be able to handle money well. The reality is winning with money is about 80% behavior and 20% knowledge. There is a bit of nuance with investing and other more in-depth pieces, but in a lot of ways, the basics of personal finance is just common sense.

Listen now for Rachel's wisdom and more on how to win with money!

In this episode, we talk about:

▶︎ Why doing a monthly budget is key

▶︎ How to prepare for an economic recession

▶︎ Retirement and ensuring all your debts are paid off

▶︎ And So Much More...

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ABOUT HEATHER STONE: Heather R. Stone is a motivational speaker and former fintech executive. She is also the host of the Mentors & Moguls podcast (@mentorsandmogulspodcast) where professionals share their strategies for success and secret formulas for turning their passions into dream careers. One of Heather's passions has always been mentorship for women which led her to create the Podcast to provide a platform for successful CEOs, entrepreneurs, pro-athletes, artists, and creatives to share their stories and offer access to their valuable mentoring & advice for goal-oriented individuals. Heather continues to expand her mission to empower others through speaking engagements, mentoring, and full immersion adventures and retreats that are designed to help women step out of their comfort zones and understand that they are capable of just about anything.

Speaker, Author and Founder of the Pajama Program, Genevieve Piturro was a successful television marketing executive in New York City for twenty years when a little girl's question changed the course of her life forever. She jumped off the corporate ladder and began delivering pajamas and books to children in shelters and in 2001 founded the Pajama Program, a non-profit which has been recognized nationwide for both its success and Genevieve's story.

She has learned that everything begins when we find purpose in our lives. So many of us are re-evaluating our paths because we want more fulfillment. We want the work we do and the people we do it with to make a difference in this world. This kind of thinking can transform how you do your job, how office teams work together, and how leaders at every level lead.

For those looking for what to do and how to find the right path, Genevieve says to take it one step at a time. Ask everyone who knows more than you for their advice and take things one step at a time. She also says to listen to your "aha moments" and those will help direct you towards your purpose.

In this episode, we talk about:

▶︎ Finding purpose

▶︎ Listening to your intuition and "aha moments" in your life to guide you

▶︎ How to make the business side of a nonprofit organization work

▶︎ And So Much More...

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https://pajamaprogram.org/

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ABOUT HEATHER STONE: Heather R. Stone is a motivational speaker and former fintech executive. She is also the host of the Mentors & Moguls podcast (@mentorsandmogulspodcast) where professionals share their strategies for success and secret formulas for turning their passions into dream careers. One of Heather's passions has always been mentorship for women which led her to create the Podcast to provide a platform for successful CEOs, entrepreneurs, pro-athletes, artists, and creatives to share their stories and offer access to their valuable mentoring & advice for goal-oriented individuals. Heather continues to expand her mission to empower others through speaking engagements, mentoring, and full immersion adventures and retreats that are designed to help women step out of their comfort zones and understand that they are capable of just about anything.

Nicole Meier is a contemporary women's fiction author, mentor, book coach and teacher for female authors of all ages. Nicole has written several books: The House of Bradbury, The Girl Made of Clay and The Second Chance Supper Club. Nicole shares her pathway to becoming a successful author starting with her original intention and how she turned her passion into a multi-book publishing deal. She speaks in depth about the necessity to take the time, exercise discipline and stand by your gut as you pursue your dream of becoming a published author.

Nicole breaks down what can be an overwhelming process into 5 easy steps to help the emerging author of tomorrow.

In this episode, we talk about:

▶︎ Surrounding yourself with people with the same mindset who are trying and failing and learning as a tool to help you find your own path to success.

▶︎ Nicole's process for writing

▶︎ The value of developing a community of other writers around you to offer advice, support, and honest feedback

▶︎ And So Much More...

Connect with Nicole:

https://www.nicolemeierauthor.com/

https://www.facebook.com/nicolemeierwrites/

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ABOUT HEATHER STONE: Heather R. Stone is a motivational speaker and former fintech executive. She is also the host of the Mentors & Moguls podcast (@mentorsandmogulspodcast) where professionals share their strategies for success and secret formulas for turning their passions into dream careers. One of Heather's passions has always been mentorship for women which led her to create the Podcast to provide a platform for successful CEOs, entrepreneurs, pro-athletes, artists, and creatives to share their stories and offer access to their valuable mentoring & advice for goal-oriented individuals. Heather continues to expand her mission to empower others through speaking engagements, mentoring, and full immersion adventures and retreats that are designed to help women step out of their comfort zones and understand that they are capable of just about anything.

Elinor Tatum, Publisher, and Editor in Chief of the New York Amsterdam News, discusses her journey into publishing while persevering through a learning disability. She has an extensive biography with numerous awards and has appeared on WNBC evening news, ARISE, The O'Reilly Factor, 20/20, New York 1, CUNY TV, the Today Show, and NBC Nightly News. She is an activist, successful businesswoman, a mother and a shining example of a woman who overcame challenges to become one of the youngest publishers in the history of African American press.

In this episode, we talk about:

▶︎ Persevering despite a learning disability

▶︎ The value of learning to speak up for yourself

▶︎ The importance of surrounding yourself with people who want to help you

▶︎ And So Much More...

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In this interview, Michele Romanello discusses her pathway to becoming a successful senior sales rep. She shares valuable tips on how to master a sale and close the deal and how to overcome the disappointments along the way. From Cisco to Salesforce, Michele offers up useful advice for any salesperson considering a career in sales along with insights into managing a fulfilling career.

In this episode, we talk about:

▶︎ The key to a great sale

▶︎ How to approach a pitch

▶︎ Lessons from the failures

▶︎ How to reset to maintain a work life balance

▶︎ And So Much More...

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ABOUT HEATHER STONE: Heather R. Stone is a motivational speaker and former fintech executive. She is also the host of the Mentors & Moguls podcast (@mentorsandmogulspodcast) where professionals share their strategies for success and secret formulas for turning their passions into dream careers.

One of Heather's passions has always been mentorship for women which led her to create the Podcast to provide a platform for successful CEOs, entrepreneurs, pro-athletes, artists, and creatives to share their stories and offer access to their valuable mentoring & advice for goal-oriented individuals.

Heather continues to expand her mission to empower others through speaking engagements, mentoring, and full immersion adventures and retreats that are designed to help women step out of their comfort zones and understand that they are capable of just about anything.

Linda Ensko, Founder of one of the leading early childhood development pre-schools in Tribecca NY, Buckle My Shoe, shares her best advice on early childhood development.

In this episode, we talk about:

▶︎ The importance of a different approach for early childhood development

▶︎ Why you should think twice about introducing technology to your child before a certain age

▶︎ What type of environment will help your child thrive

▶︎ Four key elements you can use at home to help your child learn and thrive

▶︎ And So Much More...

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Things you'll learn

Linda gives listeners an inside look into her knowledge and experience of early childhood education, and how that led her to opening up her own school that fosters learning in an alternative setting. Listen now for more on childhood education and what you can do to foster learning in your kids.

This week on the Mentors & Moguls Podcast, I have YouTube's Breck Johnson. Brecky Breck is a children's education and entertainment channel that produces videos to inspire and encourage kids and families to try new experiences through events, activities, tours, and hands-on learning. Breck Johnson, the face of Brecky Breck, is a 30-year-old wife and mother of 4. She's passionate about using fun and exciting experiences to encourage little ones to be imaginative, creative, and cultivate a LOVE of learning!

In this episode, we talk about:

▶︎ Cultivating a love of learning with your toddler online

▶︎ The importance of safe online learning content for toddlers

▶︎ Creating a YouTube channel from scratch

▶︎ Monetizing content on YouTube

▶︎ And So Much More...

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Austyn is an author, spiritual medium, and soul gardener who mentors spiritually seeking individuals to cultivate their intuition, heal their hearts and connect with the Divine.

She has presented and educated for such organizations as the California Spiritualist Association, Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. in Virginia Beach, Gilchrist Hospice Care, and the Afterlife Conference, for which she was a board member for eight years. She will be featured in Bill Bennet's 2023 documentary Facing Fear along with Dr. Joe Dispenza, Paul Selig, and Dr. Bruce Lipton.

Her book Soul Conversations: A Medium Reveals How to Cultivate Your Intuition, Heal Your Heart, and Connect with the Divine is the recipient of two C.O.V.R. medals, as well as receiving the gold medal from the Nautilus Book Awards.

In this episode, we talk about:

▶︎ The importance of listening to your intuition

▶︎ The benefits of leaning on your intuition both at work and at home

▶︎ She offers tips on how to recognize intuition & trust it when making important life decisions

▶︎ Austyn gives us a rare glimpse into the world of mediumship and how she uses her gift for good to help people recognize their path, delivers messages from loved ones and speaks to the issue of suicide.

▶︎ And So Much More...

You can learn more about Austyn at https://www.austynwells.com/

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ABOUT HEATHER STONE: Heather R. Stone is a motivational speaker and former fintech executive. She is also the host of the Mentors & Moguls podcast (@mentorsandmogulspodcast) where professionals share their strategies for success and secret formulas for turning their passions into dream careers.

One of Heather's passions has always been mentorship for women which led her to create the Podcast to provide a platform for successful CEOs, entrepreneurs, pro-athletes, artists, and creatives to share their stories and offer access to their valuable mentoring & advice for goal-oriented individuals.

Heather continues to expand her mission to empower others through speaking engagements, mentoring, and full immersion adventures and retreats that are designed to help women step out of their comfort zones and understand that they are capable of just about anything.

In today's episode, Rory Vaden joins the show to discuss his journey to NY Times Bestseller and eight-figure entrepreneur. Rory is the ultimate success story, starting out in a trailer park in Boulder, CO, dreaming big and achieving success. He had to work hard to get scholarships to get into college, and his first job was in direct sales. It was then that he discovered that discipline creates freedom and unlocks the ability to do anything you set your mind to.

He decided on a whim to enter the World Championship of Public Speaking, thinking if he could win, it would launch his career into public speaking. He spoke 304 times for free, invested in coaches and classes, made it to the Championship, and lost. He went back in 2007, and came in second. He was at a conference a few weeks later when he met Zig Ziglar, who mentored him personally over the next year.

During that time, Rory started his first company. He met his business partner through a mutual friend and grew that business to eight figures over twelve years. He released his first book in 2012, Take the Stairs, which has lessons Rory learned from his mother that helped him reach success. He later fell in love with his business partner, AJ, and they got married. In 2018, they sold their company and now work with businesses to help them build and monetize their brands.

The key is to focus on how you're adding value to other people's lives. It's about finding your uniqueness and using it to provide a service to others. Everyone is out there trying to copy other people who are more successful than then, but there can only ever be one. They're already taken, so the best way to get to their level is by being yourself. When you're teaching what you know, it's never second hand, and that is powerful. People need real solutions to real problems, so you don't have to be the best person in the world. You just have to be able to do the job and do it well.

Personal branding is just the digitization of your reputation. Anyone who has a reputation needs to have a conversation around their personal branding. You need to ask yourself-- what problem do you solve? And if you can't answer that, there's no way anyone else can. And when you have diluted focus, you'll get diluted results.

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Things you'll learn

Rory's background and journey to success. Rory shares his story from life in a trailer park to Bestselling author and eight-figure entrepreneur. He offers listeners practical advice they can take with them to hone discipline and reach their dreams.

In today's episode, Rajashree Choudhury joins the show to discuss yoga, meditation, and life-balance. She's the CEO and president of Lavanya Wellness, titled as Mrs. India, and has been practicing yoga since age four. Life comes with a lot of anxiety, and yoga is a way to bring balance and energy back to yourself. Doing yoga and meditation in the mornings can better equip you to deal with the stresses of daily life.

Anxiety builds up inside of us. If we're not finding a way to release the stress from life, at first, it might seem like we're strong. Eventually, it will catch up to us and that can leave us with a lot of physical, mental, and emotional health complications. Emotion is normal, but the energy within the family unit has to come together to solve any issues or it can cause bigger issues later. If you don't have that family support system, finding a friend to talk with or even a mentor can be a huge help.

Meditation isn't about solving all of your problems in one sitting. It's about opening up, connecting, and forming a deeper understanding of yourself. It's a long, ongoing process, but it's a liberating one that can give us self-confidence. Specifically, pregnancy is a very scary time for women, and when we internalize that fear and stress, we end up putting it on the baby. Rajashree encourages women who are pregnant to look into yoga classes for stress release, but also for exercise and support throughout their pregnancy.

Yoga is great for children, but depending on age, they sometimes struggle to understand the core concept of meditation and self-reflection. Rajashree's company works to bridge that gap to children. She also works to bring yoga to senior citizens because of the health benefits, mobility, and pain alleviation yoga has.

When we're nervous, we tend to move around, but stillness is the first thing you achieve. So when heading to a big interview or something that makes you very anxious, first try to be still and be at ease. It's okay to keep a little of that tension with you, because we don't want to be too over-confident and mess up. Then sit up straight, breathe slowly, and sit in that stillness. Listen now, get more yoga and meditation information, and check out Rajashree's retreats!

Links

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https://rajashree.com

Things you'll learn

Rajashree's background and expertise in yoga and meditation. Rajashree explains the many health benefits of yoga and meditation, how it can help with pregnancy, and the various retreats she offers to her clients.